Melwood is proud to have been chosen as the host organization for Nationwide Tour's inaugural stop in Prince George's County, Maryland.  Melwood is a unique community asset in the National Capital area.  Through our services, more than 2,100 individuals with disabilities receive opportunities in job training, employment, community living, leisure and travel.  We provide resources for the social-economic inclusion of people with disabilities and for promoting their ongoing personal success.

Headquartered in Upper Marlboro, Maryland since 1963, Melwood is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit social service agency, fully accredited by the Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission (CARF), the Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA), and the Maryland State Department of Education, Division of Rehabilitation Services (DORS).  Melwood is an officially registered charitable organization in Maryland and Virginia, and has been a proud member of the National Capital Area United Way for over 40 years.

Internationally recognized as a model rehabilitation program, Melwood operates a training center graduating more than 60 workers with disabilities each year, and employs approximately 1,000 people with disabilities in the Washington, D.C. area.  Melwood is a dependable source of top quality services to the public and private sectors through contracts with Federal Government agencies, state, county and local governments, and with commercial fims.  Melwood workers hold positions at more than 70 work sites, including NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Smithsonian Museum. 

Our 108-acre retreat and camp offers high quality recreation for adults with disabilities and for children, and serves as headquarters for Access Adventures, an affordable travel center offering exciting trips to places such as Disney World and to beach and mountain destinations.

Melwood's goal is to offer a good quality of life to more people with disabilities, who have historically been underemployed and barred from needed services, supports and personal freedoms needed to live full and rewarding lives.  The Nationwide Tour offers hope to many more of these individuals, as well as their friends and families, that they, too, will enjoy inclusion and independence.

VISION: A world where people with disabilities are fully included.

MISSION: Empowering people with disabilities to enrich their own lives through our services.

http://www.melwood.org